ECI WIOA & Workforce Development Leaders
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Local elected officials serving as ECIWDB’s CEOs determine local workforce board funding, governance and infrastructure to support success.
Chief Lead Elected Official - Linn County - Kirsten Running-Marquardt
Vice Chief Lead Elected Official -Cedar County - Jon Bell
Johnson County - V Fixmer-Oraiz
Jones County - Joe Oswald
Benton County - Bruce Volz
Iowa County - Seth Meyer
Washington County - Bob Yoder
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Board members set ECIWDB and local IowaWORKS programs, operations and service strategy.
Board Chairperson, Ashley Ferguson, Manager of Learning & Development, TrueNorth Companies
Board Vice Chairperson, Christine Gust, Human Resources Generalist, University of Iowa Heath Care
**Matthew Auliff, Operations Manager, Iowa Workforce Development
John DeLany, Training Coordinator, Carpenter's Training Institute
**Stephanie Hasakis Flaucher, Associate Director of Secondary Programs, Kirkwood Community College
Ryan Larson, Director of Strategy, Collins Aerospace
**Holly Mateer, Rehabilitation Supervisor, Iowa Vocational Rehabilitation
Scott Mather, Business Attraction Program Manager, City Manager’s Office, City of Cedar Rapids
Rick Moyle, Executive Director, Hawkeye Area Labor Council AFL-CIO
Daniel Perez, Commercial Product Manager, Bankers Trust
Chasity Rojas, Asst. Director - Human Resources, Talent Acquisition Specialist, Iowa Interstate Railroad
Cedar Rapids, IA
Mike Sadler II, Business Manager, Plumbers & Pipe-fitters Local 125
*Lucy Steele, Internal Auditor, Board of Regents, State of Iowa
A (*) denotes a member of the Executive Committee
A (**) denotes a member of the One Stop Operator Consortium
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The Executive Director and Assistant to the board ensure effective and compliant board operations.
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The ECIWDB's strives to support WIOA staff so they can serve jobseekers and businesses through the Core Partner programs offered through our One-Stop or IowaWORKS Centers.
Title I and Title II.
Carla Andorf, Dean, Workforce Services
Title I.
Jessica Merino , Title I Director
Title II.
Stephanie Hasakis Flaucher, Associate Director, Secondary Programs
Title III.
Matthew Auliff, Title III Operations Manager
Kevin Swartzendruber, Title III Operations Manager
Title IV.
Monica Brockway, Rehabilitation Supervisor
Holly Mateer, Rehabilitation Supervisor
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The One Stop Operator (OSO) Consortium
The OSO Consortium coordinates the service delivery of required one-stop partners and service providers in the East Central Iowa Local Workforce Area.
All Core Partners listed under the "WIOA Staff - Core Partners" section above - are members of East Central Iowa's One Stop Operator Consortium as of July 1, 2024.
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WIOA identifies the entities that are required partners in the local one-stop delivery systems. The required partners are the entities responsible for administering WIOA programs and activities in the local area.